Tag: Gush Etzion
Ahead of Pompeo visit, Israel announces plan to build 7,000 homes in Efrat
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday announced the approval of a plan to build some 7,000 new housing units in the town of Efrat in Gush Etzion.
The town, which lies southwest of Jerusalem...
Hamas and Islamic Jihad praise ‘heroic fighters’ who murdered Israeli student
Palestinian terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad both praised the stabbing death of an Israeli yeshivah student on Thursday.
In a statement, Hamas said that “our people’s heroic fighters who carried out the heroic operation that killed...
Yeshivah student, 19, stabbed to death in apparent terror attack in Gush Etzion
A 19-year-old yeshivah student and Israel Defense Forces’ recruit was found dead by the side of a road on Thursday morning near Kibbutz Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion, apparently the victim of a terrorist attack.
Dvir Sorek,...
Symbol of Jewish life honors legacies of four boys killed in Israel
Four years ago, the world waited with bated breath to learn the fate of three Israeli boys—Gilad Shaar, 16; Naftali Fraenkel, 16; and Eyal Yifrach, 19—after they went missing just outside the Gush Etzion...
Jubilee Celebration in Gush Etzion commemorates 50 years of Jewish life in Judea, Samaria,...
This year has seen multiple celebrations across Israel in commemoration of the jubilee or 50 year anniversary of the return of the Jewish people to the Judea, Samaria, the Golan and the Jordan Valley...
After 90 years, Gush Etzion land registered as Jewish-owned
In a historic move, more than 850 dunams (210 acres) of land in the town of Kfar Etzion in Judea will be registered in the name of the Jewish National Fund (JNF).
The decision to...